雹
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hail
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 雨 +5
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 雹
- Common rank
- #3,898
- Unicode
- U+96F9
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 雹
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雹子 | hail; hailstone | |
| 冰雹 | hail; hailstone; CL:場|场[chang2],粒[li4] | |
| 雹暴 | hailstorm | |
| 雹块 | hailstone | |
| 雹灾 | disaster caused by hail |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 包 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 包 sound part | wrap, pack, bundle; package | |
| 胞 | womb, placenta, fetal membrane | |
| 炮 | cannon, artillery | |
| 跑 | to run, to flee, to escape | |
| 泡 | bubble, blister; swollen, puffed up | |
| 饱 | satisfied; to eat one's fill | |
| 刨 | carpenter's plane; plane, level | |
| 孢 | spore | |
| 疱 | acne | |
| 鲍 | abalone; dried fish; surname | |
| 庖 | kitchen; cooking, cuisine | |
| 狍 | a species of deer found in northern China | |
| 咆 | to roar | |
| 龅 | buck teeth | |
| 匏 | gourd; musical instrument |